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To Fizzle Out or Heat Up? PepsiCo and Coca-Cola's SodaStream and Costa Coffee Acquisitions
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U.S. beverage giants PepsiCo and Coca-Cola shared many similarities by August 2018-both were founded by pharmacists in the 1890s, grew to offer hundreds of drink brands, and championed rival flagship products that drove loyalists into taste-testing wars. That month, each company announced its largest acquisition in history, of SodaStream and Costa Coffee respectively. But why would such similar firms pursue such different diversifications? Which was the better direction of scope expansion?